Breeding and raising Alpaca... Alpaca farms are now growing into a large profit-potential business. Alpaca farms are considered exotic farms because Alpacas are exotic animals that were once endangered up until it was allowed to be imported in America and into farms that can sustain their needs. Alpacas are really easy to raise. They do not require much space and most of the time, they can manage on their own but Alpaca farm owners prefer watching...

VEGAN 101... Start by orienting yourself with the “no-meat” policy but never announce it to everybody else. Keep this to yourself first so that when this policy didn’t quite pan out, nobody would know except you. Start by eliminating red meat first; try it for 2 weeks to give time for your stomach to adapt to its new lifestyle. After that, try to forego white meats; the last to bid goodbye are the eggs and dairies. Just wash,...

Types of Vegetarian Diets... Reasons vary widely as to why people opt to go vegetarian. Some claims health reasons, others for their stand about animal rights and there are some who just want to try it out. For vegetarians, there is no specific eating plan. One thing is certain, vegetarians do not eat red meat, which is what the whole idea of turning vegetarian is for. There are different vegetarian types: 1.    A vegan or total vegetarian do...

Guano – the Natural Remedy for Infertile Deficie... Birds are generally thought of as creatures of air with little to do on land except picking food and dropping excreta. But eco-conscious communities are now turning to the excrement of these airy creatures as the most valuable organic fertilizer, known as Guano in common terms. While a number of different bird excreta are now considered as guano, that of bats, seals, and seabirds particularly define the classic organic...

What is organic farming?... Organic farming is just farming without the use of chemical fertilizers and other practices that are not only harmful to human beings but is also damaging for the environment. Organic farming relies on crop rotation, composting, earth friendly methods of pest control and other ecologically safe solutions.  Organic farmers limit their use of pesticides, herbicides, anti-biotic and other practices that have detrimental...

What foods should we eat organic?... Organic food is meat, vegetables, fruit and other fare that have been grown in a way that does not use pesticide, chemicals and other agricultural methods that are not natural.  In other words, these foodstuffs have been grown the traditional way like composting instead of chemical fertilizers, crop rotation and other eco friendly practices. Lots of people still get sick even though they exercise, drink lots of water,...

Tofu: Nutrition and Health Concerns... Known to the human species as a vegetarian food, as early as 200 years BC, tofu is a highly popular food staple in Asia. Today, it is also cherished by a large number of Americans and can be found commonly in grocery stores throughout the country. Tofu, also called soybean curd or bean curd, is prepared by coagulating soymilk using coagulating agents like magnesium chloride, calcium sulfate, or dilute acids. The resulting...

What is farm fishing?... It is said that even the seas couldn’t unlimitedly supply us with her abundance, so people who demands even more of its aquatic yields thought of a more suitable alternative to the problem. It is the birth of farm fishing. Farm fishing is raising fish in wide tanks or man-made enclosures to harvest and sell it commercially when they reach their harvesting size and weight. It is more stable source of income...

What is organic certified?... When the organic produce in question, passed the organic certification process set for organic farmers, it is organic-certified. We stumble upon this word everywhere since people become more conscious of what they eat, in the market, in restaurants, in shopping area as well. This is due to worldwide scare of the ill-effects of non-organic crops to our body. Any farm communities can apply for organic certification...